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48 CFR 16.603-3: 16.603-3 Limitations.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System
- CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
- SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES
- PART 16—TYPES OF CONTRACTS
- Subpart 16.6—Time-and-Materials, Labor-Hour, and Letter Contracts
A letter contract may be used only after the head of the contracting activity or a designee determines in writing that no other contract is suitable. Letter contracts shall not—
(a) Commit the Government to a definitive contract in excess of the funds available at the time the letter contract is executed;
(b) Be entered into without competition when competition is required by part 6; or
(c) Be amended to satisfy a new requirement unless that requirement is inseparable from the existing letter contract. Any such amendment is subject to the same requirements and limitations as a new letter contract.
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